‘Seeing’ Is Not Limited to Vision; Blind Candidate Cannot Be Disqualified from Recruitment If Capable of Perceiving and Performing Duties: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently delivered a significant ruling concerning the rights of visually impaired candidates under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. This judgment came in a batch of petitions challenging the Airport Authority of India’s (AAI) decision to disqualify blind candidates applying for the post of Junior Executive (Law). The petitioners were excluded on the grounds that they did not meet the 'functional requirement' of “seeing,”…